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Lewis and Clark Expedition
Louisiana Purchase
Texas / Mexico
Oregon Trail
California Gold rush
100
St Louis
Where did Lewis and Clark start their expedition?
100
To explore the new land.
What is the job of the corps of discovery?
100
Taxes
What is the reason the colonists rebelled?
100
Pioneers
What is the nickname of the people traveling west?
100
1848
What is the year gold was discovered in California?
200
The Pacific Ocean
Where did the expedition end?
200
The western
Which part of the USA doubled in size?
200
Sam Houston
Who is the person who helped Americans defeat Mexican forces?
200
Oregon Trail
What is the name of the route the pioneers took west?
200
Forty-niners
What is the nickname for pioneers that went mining for gold?
300
Discovering information about the new land.
What were Lewis and Clark supposed to do on their expedition?
300
$15 million
What was the cost of the Louisiana Purchase?
300
Mexico
what country did Texas want independece from?
300
Rocky Mountains
What is the name of the mountains the pioneers passed through?
300
Boomtowns
What is the type of town formed to support the mining way of life?
400
Communicating with Native Americans and gathering food.
What did Sacagawea help Lewis and Clark with?
400
Discover new information about the new land.
What is the job Lewis and Clark were assigned to do?
400
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
What is the treaty that ended the Mexican American War?
400
Good and inexpensive
What is the type land pioneers were looking for?
400
They were forced off their land or killed
What happened to Native Americans because of the gold rush?
500
Shoshone
What type Indian was Sacagawea?
500
Lewis and Clark
Who was the head of the corps?
500
Utah, Colorado, West Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, California, Wyoming
What are the states gained by USA from Mexico?
500
2000 miles
What is the distance of the Oregon Trail from Missouri to Colorado?
500
Food, supplies, mining equipment
What did merchants sell in boomtowns?